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PASSENGER OAR.

No. 366,250. I Patented July 12,1887.

U ITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JOHN IV. POST, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

PASS ENGcER-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,250, dated July 12, 1887.

Application filed November 24, 1886. Serial No. 219,802. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN WV. POST, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Railway- Cars for Passenger Travel; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the said invention.

This invention relates to that class of rail-.

way-cars employed in passenger traffic commonly known as day coaches. This class of cars is provided only with suitable seats for the occupation of passengers during the day, and is mainly used on suburban lines for the transportation of passengers to and from the principal cities, although one or more of these cars are commonly attached to every passenger train to accommodate way travel.

This class of. cars, heretofore in use, are of lighter construction than the sleeping and drawiugroom cars employed for the through passengers, and are therefore much more liable to injury in collisions and other accidents than the heavier-built cars above named, and this liability to accident causes many persons to ride only in the sleepers and drawing-room coaches when such are in the train, notwithstanding the additional charge made by the railway companies for such accommodation.

The object of this invention is, therefore, to furnish the traveling public with a day coach that shall have all the strength and advantages of the sleeping and drawing-room coaches, so far as safety in case of accidents is concerned, and these advantages are obtained by con structing the frame-work of the car of metallic tubes so arranged as to give almost perfect immunity from danger in cases of collision or derailment; and, further, by making the carcovering wholly or in great part from an incombustible and non-conducting preparation of asbestus all danger from fire and greater comfort to the passengers from the ease with which the air within the car ismaintained at an equable temperature are among the results of this improved construction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an interior view of acar of this class, one end being removed to better show its construction and the arrangement of seats and other fiX- tures. Fig. 2 shows the method of securing the panels in place by means of tenons pro jecting into the space between the rectangular and circular frames.

In carrying out this invention the car-frame is composed of a series of metallic tubes, A A and A A, placed longitudinally of the car and taking the place of the sills, plates, and other longitudinal timbers of the ordinary car. These longitudinal tubes are connected by a series of transverse frames, 13 B, placed at such distances as to receive the windows between each of said frames, and being composed of a set or group of tubes consisting of tubes a, one or more in number, bent to form a rectangle corresponding in general dimensions with a cross-section of the outside of the car. Securely attached to these rectangular tubes at their points of intersection, and forming an element of each group or set of frames, is one or more circularly-bent tubes, b. The diameter of the circles formed by these tubes b is a little more than the transverse measurement of the car-body, so that said tubes shall project a short distance from the outside of the car, thus forming a fender, which protects the windows and sides of the car from injury by any obstacle at the side of the track with which they might come in cont-act in passing, such as projecting pieces of lumber on freighttrains orthe limbs of a fallen tree adjacent to the track. It will be apparent that the arrangement of these rectangular and circular tubes a and b in groups will leave spaces, as C and 0, between them, the space 0 being of a triangular form and receiving the longitudinal tubes A, the spaces 0 forming the segment of a circle at the top and bottom of the car and receiving thelongitudinal tubes A. All ofthese tubes are firmly joined at their intersecting points, the whole being interlaced and braced, thus forming a car-frame of great strength and comparatively little weight.

The triangular spaces 0, beneath the tubes A, are preferably filled with the asbestus or other composition having similar qualities, as represented at D. This filling adds much strength to the car by increasing its rigidity, and forms an inner arched surface conforming between these fillings, which contains the win- (lows, is composed of panels F, tenons formed upon each side of the panels being inserted between the frames B, and held in place by.

entering the space between ribs a b. It will thus be seen that the whole of the side covering of the car is retained in position by the ribs of the transverse frame and the longitudinal tubes without the necessity of other fastening than simply to place the parts in position, and that the projecting portion 2/ of the circular ribs form perfect guards for the windows, not only preventing the danger of breakage from contact with passing objects, but like- Wise to a great extent preventing the entrance ofdust and cinders when the windows are open.

Acovering, G, which may be of the ashestus, board, or other material, extends along the side of the car at the eaves, and serves to support the roof H (which may be of the same material as the sides) at that point. This roof is further supported at the point where it as su mes a vertical position to form the sides of the monitor top by resting on the circular ribs 12.

The covering H of the monitor top is supported by suitable carlings, c, and by the upturned vertical portion of the roof H. This vertical portion of said roof is also pierced with a series of ventilating-openings, capable of being closed by suitable valves, which are preferably connected to a rod running lengthwise of the car and connected with a suitable lever at one or both ends, so that all the ventilating-valves on each side may be operated simultaneously through the action of said rod and lever. The car-floor rests upon the lower horizontal part of the ribs a a, and is preferably constructed of the same material as the roof and sides, but may be formed of wood, rendered difficult of ignition and comparatively fire-proof by being impregnated with alum or other salts.

The seats I I are arranged upon each side of the aisle through the middle of the car, as in the ordinary day-coaeh,that portion of them constructed of wood and the upholstering being rendered comparatively fire-proof through impregnation with salts by any of the wellknown means employed for this purpose.

To enable the passengers to know the name of the next station at which the train will stop, I prefer to place at each end of the car in a conspicuous position where it will be sure to meet the eyes of all in the car a station-indicator, constructed in any of the well-known forms in use.

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, the following:

1. In a passenger car, the longitudinal and transverse tubular frames,in combination with removable side panels and other side covering arranged to be held in place by said frames independently of other means of fastening, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a railway-car, the longitudinal tubes acting as sillsand plates to the car-frame and the transverse frames composed of circular and rectangular ribs, in combination with the filling pieces occupying the triangular spaces formed between the tubes composing said frames, as set forth.

3. In a railway-ear, the combination, with the rectangular tubular ribs and the circular tubular ribs forming the transverse frames of said car, of the removable panels containing the side windows of the car, as set forth.

4. In a railway-car, the filling-pieces D,having an inner curved surface corresponding to that of the circular ribs and vertical outer sur-.

face, in combination with the baggage-racks E, attached to said'inner curved surface of the filling-pieces, as specified.

5. In a railway-car, the roof consisting of the incombustible side pieces, H H, havingintegral upward extensions forming the sides of monitor top, and covering-piece H, in combination with the'tubular transverse frames and carlings supporting said roof, substantially as shown and described.

. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I hereby aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN \V. POST.

\Vituesses:

M. V. E. CHANDLER, M. A. BALLINGER. 

